MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 8 (UPI) --
YouTube says a new feature lets U.S. users see what videos others are watching in major cities or regions of the country and know their sex and age group.
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- Apple is planning to expand its iPhone lineup with multiple models in an effort to compete with Android-powered smartphones, a U.S. analyst says.
PASADENA, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- A space telescope has observed surprisingly hot gas falling towards the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, U.S. researchers say.
ZURICH, Switzerland, May 8 (UPI) -- Swiss researchers say they've created a sticky-footed robot that can climb rocky cliff faces while carrying five times its own weight.
MADISON, Wis., May 8 (UPI) -- Declining snow cover in a warming world spells trouble for plants and animals that survive harsh winters in a beneath-the-snow habitat, U.S. researchers say.
OTTAWA, May 8 (UPI) -- Is Canada moving toward developing a futuristic arsenal of precision weaponry? That would be both to save costs and to save lives -- its own fighters' lives and possibly civilians in combat zones.
DAVIS, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- People in Europe are one big family, closely related to one another for the past 1,000 years, a study of the DNA of people from across the continent found.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 8 (UPI) -- Adding attractive visuals to a textbook lesson to get children's interest can actually make it harder for them to learn, Ohio State University researchers say.
VALENCIA, Spain, May 8 (UPI) -- European researchers report they've developed an electronic "nose" so sensitive it can distinguish between the odors emitted by pears and apples.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- America's urban forests store some 700 million tons of carbon, an environmental benefit worth an estimated $50 billion, a U.S. Forest Service study indicates.
BERKELEY, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientist say they've identified the part of the brain that lets a batter pinpoint and hit a 95 mph fastball or a tennis player return a 120 mph serve.
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 8 (UPI) -- British researchers say they've found an insect that can hear at ultrasound frequencies up to 300 kHz, the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 8 (UPI) -- Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status, including jobs and income, decades later in adulthood, British researchers say.
TALLIN, Estonia, May 7 (UPI) -- With a satellite launched Tuesday Estonia has joined a not-so-exclusive club, becoming the 41st nation in the world to own a man-made object orbiting in space.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7 (UPI) -- Humans may have played a part in the disappearance of mastodons after the last ice age by hunting and killing the most dominant males, a U.S. researcher says.
BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- A German court ruled Apple must change its rules for handling customer data, saying current rules deviate too much from the country's privacy laws.